Combination packing and display container



Sept. 25, 1928.

M. M. EINSON COMBINATION PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER 3 Sheets-SheetFiled Jan. 20, 1926 Sept. 25, 1928. 1,685,125

M. M. EINSON COIBINATION PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed Jan. 20,1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.4

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Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

1,685,125' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS M. EINSON, F YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 EDISON-FREEMAN 60.,INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINATION PACKING AND DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application filed January 20, 1926. Serial No. 82,401.

My invention relates to packing and display containers in which mediumor small articles can be conveniently packed for ship ment by themanufacturer and which may opened by the retailer to display itscontents in a convenient and attractive manner.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a packing and displaycontainer, simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, andwhich will be attractive in appearance for counter use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a packing container whichwhen opened becomes a self-supporting display device.

Another object of my invention is to provide a packing and displaycontainer, the cover of which, when opened, forms a straight line withthe back of the portion containing the articles for sale and displaysadvertising matter.

A further object of my invention is to provide means which will securelyretain the cover in the open position while also acting as a support forthe container while on display, allowing it to recline backward at agraceful angle.

With these and other objects in view,.to be more fully set forthhereinafter, the invention consists in the novel construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the operation and construction herein described in thefollowing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive, standpoint.

The invention will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used todesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and morespecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purposes of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of my combination packing and display container with the coverclosed for shipping purposes;

Fig. 2 is an end view of same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation with the cover raised upward; illustratingthe means of support in its flattened or unassembled position;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of same;

Fig. 6 is a partial front view of my container with the articles packedtherein on dis- Fig. 7 is a side view of same;

Fig. 8 is a partial sectional view of same taken on the line 88 of Fig.7; and

Fig. 9 is a partial ,plan view of the development of that portion whichforms the body or compartments of the container in which the articlesare packed.

The back 1, top 2 and cover 3 are formed by one sheet of material andare divided by the scored lines 4 and 5. The cover 3 may have anornamental contour to conform with the advertising matter printeduponit. The support 6, glued or otherwise suitably fastenedto the rearface of the back 1, top 2 and cover 3 which is most clearly illustratedin Fig. 4 is divided into the center portion 7 to which the glue orother means of fastening is applied, and the sides or wings 8-8, saidwings and center portion being defined by the scored lines 99. Theirregular shaped cutout portion 10 is not glued or fastened to the backbut is integral with the lower part of the center portion on the scoredline 11. The portion forming the compartments into which the articlesare inserted is made from one piece of material, said compartments beingattached to one another by portions 12 which are glued or otherwisefastened to the back 1. The compartments are comprised of the sides 13,the side tabs 14, the front portions 15, the bottoms 16 and the bottomlocking tabs 17. The sides 13 are defined from the portions 12, sidetabs 14 and front portions 15 by the scored lines 18, 19 and 20respectively and the front portions, bottoms and bottom locking tabs aredefined by the scored lines 21 and 22.

To form the compartments the portions 12 and sides 13 are bent at rightan les to one another on the scored lines 18 an the front portions 15are also bent at right angles to the sides on the scored lines 20. Theside tabs 14 are bent inward on the scored lines 19 and are held inposition by the bottoms 16 and locking tabs 17 which are bent on thescored lines 21 and 22. (See Figures 3 and 5.) The compartments arerectangular in shape and are located directly above one another. Whenthe articles A are inserted into the compartments, the back 1, top 2 andcover are bent downward at right angles to one another on the scoredlines 4 and 5, which closes the container as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2and 3.

. When the container is opened to display its contents the wings-88 arebent backward on the scored lines 9-9 until they assume the positionillustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. The irregular shaped cut-out portion 10 isthen bent downward on the scored line 11 until the V- shaped notches2323 have been forced past the rounded out portions 2424 and into the Vshaped notches 25-25 in the wings 88 which securely locks the parts intheir respective positions; the wings being prevented from swingingeither to the right or left by the sides of the notches 2323 and the outout portion 10 is prevented from swinging upward or downward by thesides of the notches 2525 as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. The bendingbackward of the wings 88 causes the top 2 and the cover 3 to be held ina straight'line with the back 1 because of the dlrect pull exerted uponthem by said wings 88. The bottoms of the wings are cut at a slightangle to the bottom of the center portion 7 which causes the containerto recline backward at a graceful angle, lending beauty to itsappearance and making it appealing to the eye.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed my invention together with the construction which I nowconsider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire itunderstood that my invention is not confined to the particular formshown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that theinvention can be carried out in other ways without departing from thespirit of my invention, and

. therefore, I claim broadly the right to employ all equivalentinstrumentalities coming within'the scope of the appended claims, and bymeans of which, ob ects of my invention are attained, and new resultsaccomplished, as

herein set forth, as it is obvious that the particular embodimentsherein shown and described are only some of many that can be employed toattain these objects and accompli sh these results.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a combined display stand and carton, an outside enveloping memberscored and folded to form side sections with a rectangular top sectionin between, a tier of pocketspositioned upon one of the side sections,said tier of pockets being formed of an integral section of scored andfolded sheet material.

2. In a combined display stand and carton, an outside enveloping memberscored and folded to form side sections with a rectangular top sectionin between, a. tier of pockets positioned upon one of said sidesections, said tier of pockets formed of an integral portion of sheetmaterial punched, scored and folded to define parallel end attachmentmembers, with parallel cross members which when folded form a pluralityof pockets positioned one above the other and secured by said attachmentmembers to said side section of said enveloping member.

3. A combined display stand and carton comprising two sections of sheetmaterial, the first section being scored and folded to form envelopingsides and top and the second section being punched, scored and folded todefine a tier of pockets positioned upon one of saidsides, saidtierhaving its lowermost wall contiguous to the edge of the side of thefirst section to which said second section is attached, and its edgescontiguous to opposite parallel edges of said section, whereb when saidfirst sectionis folded the whole orms a rectangular package.

4. In a combined display stand and carton, a member of sheet material,said member being traversed adjacent itscenter by a pair of parallelscore lines, dividing said member into two wider sections with anarrower rectangular section in between, said score lines defining bendsby which said member may be folded to form a pair of enclosing sidewalls and a top wall, pockets secured to one of said wider sections, thefronts of said pockets being positioned from the section to which saidpockets are attached, a distance substantially equal to the distancebetween said score lines, whereby when said member is folded, saidpockets will form spacing abutments to maintain said member insubstantially rectangular formation.

5. In a combined display stand and carton, a member of sheet material,said member being traversed adjacent its center by a pair of parallelscore lines dividing said member into two wider sections with a narrowerrectan lar section in between, said score lines de ing bends by whichsaid member may be foldedto form a pair of enclosing side walls and atop wall, a tier of pockets covering the greater part of the area of oneof said wider sections, said pockets having end walls at right angles toand contiguous to the edges of said section and fronts spaced from saidsection a distance substantially equal to the distance between saidscore lines, whereby when said member is folded on said score lines, itforms with said pockets a. rectangular package of which said memberforms the sides and top and said pockets the bottom and ends.

6. A blank to form a tier of pockets to be attached to a wall or otherflat surface comprising a pair of opposite parallel side atsaid blank isfolded, said cross members betaching members, cross members extendinging severed from said side members except from one of said attachingmembers to the at that portion of each cross member which other, each ofsaid cross members being scored defines the back of the pocket when saidcross 15 5 by two parallel lines dividing its surface into members arefolded, to permit the portions of three sections, adapted when folded toform each cross member, defining the bottom and the front, back andbottom of a pocket, and front of the pockets to be folded upward each ofsaid members scored, parallel' to and away from the body of the blank.adjoining said side members by a pair of This-specification signed this16th day of 20 1 score lines, the portion between said score January,1926. I. lines defining the ends of the pocket when MORRIS M. EINSON.

